The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs, 19. köideBrown, Son and Ferguson, 1850 |
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... opinion is followed " for want of a better " . Writers repeat a system which has been borrowed from others , certainly , very often , from no conviction which they are at the pains to prove to their readers , after the same fashion that ...
... opinion is followed " for want of a better " . Writers repeat a system which has been borrowed from others , certainly , very often , from no conviction which they are at the pains to prove to their readers , after the same fashion that ...
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... opinion has been formed , and partially held to this day . Thus in a work published last year , it is asserted that the Gulf of Mexico is elevated 325 feet above the eastern portion of the Atlantic ; and that this elevation may ...
... opinion has been formed , and partially held to this day . Thus in a work published last year , it is asserted that the Gulf of Mexico is elevated 325 feet above the eastern portion of the Atlantic ; and that this elevation may ...
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... opinion akin to this ; I have forgotten the authority ; but I give it here for the benefit of those who pin their faith " upon popular beliefs . Being an old " stager " in the locality , and one who ever kept his eyes open , I felt ...
... opinion akin to this ; I have forgotten the authority ; but I give it here for the benefit of those who pin their faith " upon popular beliefs . Being an old " stager " in the locality , and one who ever kept his eyes open , I felt ...
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... opinion , and the versatility of thought in man . It is to these wonderful differences that we are to trace in in- dividuals among the millions of the same organized beings , the diversity of character and of action ? They are cast in ...
... opinion , and the versatility of thought in man . It is to these wonderful differences that we are to trace in in- dividuals among the millions of the same organized beings , the diversity of character and of action ? They are cast in ...
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... opinion be highly advantageous for homeward - bound vessels , both in winter and summer , on an approaching gale from N.W. , W. , or S.W. to stand in for the bank , making short boards , if possible , till the gale is over , keeping in ...
... opinion be highly advantageous for homeward - bound vessels , both in winter and summer , on an approaching gale from N.W. , W. , or S.W. to stand in for the bank , making short boards , if possible , till the gale is over , keeping in ...
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Admiralty anchor anchorage appearance Arctic arrived baidars bank barometer barque Barrow Barrow Strait Basses bearing Board of Trade boats breeze brig Cape Cape Walker Capt Captain channel chart Chronometer coast Commander crew direction distance east eastward enacted error examination expedition fathoms feet gale harbour Inlet island Lancaster Sound land latitude Lieut light lighthouse Liverpool London Lunars Majesty's Majesty's ship Marine master mate mean months moon morning natives Nautical navigation night north-east northward observations officers party passage passed person port Prince Regent Inlet provisions quarter Ramsgate reef remarkable river rocks sail sand schooner seamen Seamen's Act seen ship ship's shoal shore side Sir James Ross Sir John Sir John Franklin snow soundings steamer Strait stream tide tons 2nd Turkish vessels voyage weather Wellington Channel westward wind winter wreck
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Page 566 - Acts before a court of summary jurisdiction. The term "Summary Jurisdiction Acts" means as follows : As to England, the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled "An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales with respect to summary convictions and orders...
Page 555 - Any seaman who has signed an agreement, and is afterwards discharged before the commencement of the voyage, or before one month's wages are earned, without fault on his part justifying such discharge and without his consent, shall be entitled to receive from the master or owner, in addition to any wages he may have earned...
Page 512 - A,' in the schedule annexed to this title, and shall be dated at the time of the first signature thereof, and shall be signed by the master before any seaman signs the same, and shall contain the following particulars: First.
Page 513 - Kingdom, shall within Twenty-one Days after the Thirtieth D'ay of June and the Thirty-first day of December in every Year transmit or deliver to some Shipping Master in the United Kingdom...
Page 565 - Scotland, to any witness attending on citation the court of justiciary; and in case of any dispute as to the amount of such expenses the same shall be referred by the...
Page 565 - He may administer oaths, or may, in lieu of requiring or administering an oath, require every person examined by him to make and subscribe a declaration of the truth of the statements made by him in his examination...
Page 566 - ... or who refuses or neglects to make any answer, or to give any return, or to produce any document in his possession, or to make or subscribe any declarations which...
Page 504 - Borough may object to any other Person as not being entitled to have his Name retained in...
Page 385 - Let thy fatherly hand, we beseech thee, ever be over them ; let thy holy Spirit ever be with them, and so lead them in the knowledge and obedience of thy word, that in the end they may obtain everlasting life...
Page 507 - Trade shall deliver to every applicant who is duly reported by the local examiners to have passed the examination satisfactorily, and to have given satisfactory evidence of his sobriety, experience, ability, and general good conduct on board ship, a certificate (hereinafter called a "Certificate of Competency...